Hat supporting hook



March 1953 J. E. GUTHRIE HAT SUPPORTING HOOK Filed Sept. 22, 1947 INVENTOR. James 5 62/777? ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 7 31, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,633,246 I v HAT SUPPORTING HOOK James E. Guthrie, Kansas City, Mo.

Application September 22, 1947, Serial No. 775,418

2 Claims.

This invention relates to hat supporters or hooks and has for its object to provide means adapted for suspension from a wall or vertical surface for the support of mens hats in particular in such fashion that the hat is pendent or rockingly carried by the crown and the brim is perfectly protected against any load or pressure tending to press it from its proper blocked position in relation to the crown of the hat. The device of the invention preserves the shape of the hat even more perfectly than when the hat is placed on a shelf or horizontal support which nearly always imposes some weight on the brim of the hat.

A further object of the invention is to produce a. device of the character indicated which is of strong, durable, efiicient and inexpensive construction and in order that it may be fully understood, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the hook or support of the invention with a hat in partial vertical section carried by said hook.

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the suspension hook and hat with the hat in section on the line 11-11 of Fi 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the sustaining hook of the invention; and,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modifled form of my invention.

In the form shown by Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, I is a supporting loop or any suitable character adapted to be detach'ably or permanently secured to a wall or other supporting surface. The form of the device here shown is made of a single length pliable wire and is intertvvisted from one end of loop Ill as at 12. The two wires then diverge downwardly parallel to the plane of the supporting wall as at M and have lower intermediate portions lB extending substantially horizontally outward away from the wall.

The ends of portions It then converge upwardly in relation to each other and outwardly in relation to the plane of the wall as at P8. The upper ends of the portions 18 terminate in rockers, loops or eyes 20 to rockingly engage the crown of a hat 22 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In this connection, it is to be noted that the converging relation of the two portions i8 accommodate the top crease 24 or other indentation in the crown of the hat.

In the form shown in Fig. 4, a fiat plate I00 is shown to be polygonal but may be cut to any desired configuration and is provided with a pair of openings I02 for receiving screws or the like. Such mounting means makes it possible to secure the hat rack of this embodiment flatly against a vertical wall or the like.

A pair of shaped apart arms having horizontal portions EM and vertical portions I06 extend laterally from one face of the plate Hi0. These arms terminate at the free end of their portions I06 in a loop 38. Any suitable means of fastening of the free ends of the portions I04 may be used such as embedding the same into plate Hill. A boss H9 on each arm disposed flatly against the faceof plate ma serves to add support. A hook H0 extending downwardly and outwardly from plate 1 ill! near its lowermost edge and preferably midway between portions I04 of the hat supporting arms serves aS a coat hanger or hanging means for other wearing apparel.

With hat supports embodying the constructions shown and described, it will be apparent that a hat is pendantly carried by the crown with no load of any kind on the brim, and that a hat will balance itself in accordance with its center of gravity. From the above description and drawing it will be evident that I have produced hat supports embodying all the features of advantage set forth as desirable, and while I have described and illustrated two preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that I reserve the right to make all changes within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A hat hanger comprising a pair of spacedapart, elongated, upstanding members, each having a normally uppermost end; a hat-engaging rocker eyelet forming said uppermost end of each member respectively; and means connected to said members and adapted for mounting on an upright surface for supporting the members with the rocker eyelets in a common horizontal plane spaced from said surface a distance greater than the height of a hat, said rocker eyelets being spaced and the distance therebetween being greater than the width of an elongated crease in the crown of said hat, whereby to clear said crease when the hat is placed on the hat hanger in resting engagement with the rocker eyelets only, with both of said rocker eyelets disposed within the hat in contacting relationship therewith solely at the point of merger between the side wall and top of the hat crown, and with sai crease disposed vertically.

2. A hat hanger comprising a single length 0 wire provided with a mounting loop at the bigh thereof; a pair of spaced lengths depending fro said loop; a portion extending horizontally from the lowermost end of each length respectively; an upright leg on that end of each portion respectively remote from said lengths; and a hat-engaging rocker eyelet on the uppermost end of each leg respectively, said rocker eyelets being in a common horizontal plane spaced from said lengths a distance greater than the height of a hat, said rocker eyelets being spaced and the distance therebetween being greater-than the width 10 of a crease'in'the crown of said hat, whereby to clear said crease when the hat is placed on the hat hanger in resting engagement with the rocker eyelets only and with both of said rocker eyelets disposed within the hat in contacting relationship therewith solely at the point of merger between' the side wall and top of the; hatcrowmand with said crease disposed vertically, each leg diverging outwardly away from said lengths as therockereyelets are approached-mind the legs converging relatively as the rocker eyelets are approached whereby the hat is balanced by the hat support when on the rocker eyelets.

J AMES E. GUTHRIE.

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